Back in Time: Unshackling From Love

Chapter 17

As Mikayla laughed, tears streamed down her face.

Images from her previous life of being beaten, cursed at, and tortured at the mental hospital flashed before her eyes.

In the flashback, the hefty caretaker had gripped her by the hair, forcefully pulling her away and causing her only bowl of plain soup to spill.

They would even forcefully pinch her mouth when she refused to take her medication, shoving handfuls of pills down her throat.

Mikayla always thought it was the mental hospital deliberately tormenting her to please

Jerome.

Little did she know, the demonic woman from the previous life was Kylie’s relative.

So, all the misery she endured in the mental hospital was orchestrated by Kylie.

Thinking about the abuse she suffered and the torment from stomach cancer, Mikayla wished she could immediately strangle Kylie.

Why did she have to be so cruel?

Jerome, who clearly loved Kylie so much, had even sent Mikayla to the mental hospital for the former’s good.

Why wouldn’t Kylie let her go? Why did she have to harm her?

Jerome looked at Mikayla on the floor.

Although she had suggested keeping the audio call on, he still worried that something might go wrong, so he followed her up.

Unexpectedly, he witnessed Mikayla attacking someone as soon as the elevator doors opened.

She lay slumped amidst a chaotic mess of fruits, her eyes vacant, her body seemingly devoid of strength.

Though her face showed a smile, tears flowed incessantly, as if she had suffered some painful and tragic ordeal, radiating endless hatred and resentment.

Strangely, Jerome’s heart didn’t fill with anger at her madness. Instead, a dull ache

serthed within him:

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had just considered going to help Mikayla when he heard Kylie weakly calling

grip, Jerome instruct ed the woman who was standing there in a daze, “Go get the first

fetched the first ald

assisted Kylie in sitting down and then

her arm.

he pulled at her arm,

suddenly felt a bit uneasy.

here to apologize? What’s with this madness again?” he asked, furrowing his brows.

began to focus, and her body

a sense of relief.

you planning to be with Kylie after the

hoarse, and her

already furrowed brows tightened

someone’s life over this?”

first

trying

approached at that moment, carrying the first

attempted to help Mikayla stand up, but

own, adjusted her clothes, and walked away without casting a backward glance.

find out what had happened, but at

Kylie let out a stifled groan of pain.

Mikayla was the one responsible for the disturbance, Jerome

before coming to a complete stop. “Shall we go to

her pale face, Kylie shook her

fine? Another inch deeper, and it would

while asking, “Who was that person just now? Why did

smile. “She might have misunderstood

still defending her. I think we should call

“Aunt Agatha,

didn’t want to leave, but she could tell it wasn’t appropriate for her to remain.

someone to look after you tonight,

Kylie, “What just happened? Why did